Council Chambers, Midland City Hall, Midland, Michigan

Ginis
presented the minutes of the regular meeting of March 19, 2014.Miles moved for approval, seconded by Kozuch.Minutes were unanimously approved.

City
Assessor Reid Duford presented on Center City property values.

Personal
Property Tax is not included in the district assessment.Declines in property value is likely due to
location like Subway, for example, where new construction is in process, but
the lot was empty at the time of assessment.

There
is a sizeable tax appeal by a property in the district.The petition will be heard in Lansing and
would result in a sizable difference in district value if they won the appeal
completely.

Lee
Rouse of OmniTech presented on Center City District, Survey / Focus Group

10-20% representation from properties in the
district.There were three common themes to consider
with the focus group

1.
Overall challenges

2.
Aesthetics

3.
Consistency (Lack of)

There
was a 37% response rate for the online survey

Tisdale
presented on the Signs Project.The
project is still moving forward with the small change of adding brackets to the
signs.

Public
Comments (unrelated to items on the agenda)
None

Committee Reports

·Ginis
presented on the Governance and Sustainability Committee report.

·The
Marketing Committee did not meet in April.

·Kozuch
presented on the Physical Improvements Committee

Ginis
presented the Report of the Chairperson noting the construction that is
completed at Jimmy Johns and the ongoing construction of the Subway building.

Tisdale noted that
there will be a WhizBang seminar open to CCA members details are not finalized
as of yet but will be soon.